NEW HAVEN, CT -- The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, the region’s permanent endowment and largest grantmaker to local nonprofits, announces two grant opportunities with application deadlines in January.
The Community Fund for Women & Girls is accepting applications for the 2018 grants cycle through Thursday, January 18, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. Grants are awarded to gender-specific initiatives that are intentional, equitable and well-informed. All interested applicants are required to contact The Community Foundation before applying. Learn more here.
The Quinnipiac River Fund, a component fund at The Community Foundation, is accepting applications through Monday, January 22, 2018. The Fund makes grants for projects designed to benefit the environmental quality of the Quinnipiac River, the New Haven Harbor and surrounding watersheds. Approximately $100,000 in grants are awarded each spring from The Fund. Learn more here.
Thanks to the generosity of three generations of donors, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven has awarded more than $20 million in grants and distributions annually for the past few years. The endowment is valued at more than $500 million and composed of hundreds of individually named funds. In addition to its grantmaking, The Community Foundation helps build a stronger community by taking measures to improve student achievement, create healthy families in New Haven, promote local philanthropy through www.giveGreater.org® and encourage better understanding of the region. The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven’s 20 town service area includes: Ansonia, Bethany, Branford, Cheshire, Derby, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton, Wallingford, West Haven, Woodbridge.
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Contact:
Ratasha Smith
Communications Officer
The COMMUNITY Foundation for Greater New Haven
203-777-2386
rsmith@cfgnh.org
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